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Monday, August 09, 2004

Rambouillet

Town, Yvelines d�partement, Paris region, northern France, just southwest of Versailles. Flanked by its famous ch�teau and surrounded by an extensive forest, it is a favoured tourist spot for Parisians. The ch�teau, built in 1375 by a courtier of Charles V of France, passed into the hands of Jacques d'Angennes, captain of King Francis I's bodyguard. In 1547, Francis died there on a